Toy pistol



Jul 1 1924. J. KELLERMANN TOY PISTOL Filed Aug. 29. 1921 q Q 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n000000000 u 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0M0M H0M0 Patented July i, 1924-.

isaava star oFFiea JACQUES KELLERMANN, OE BERLIN, GERMANY; BY JOHANNA KELLER/MANN, GEB. SCHMUL, CONSERVATRIX, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

TOY PISTOL.

Application filed. August 29, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that Jsoouns KELLERMANN, citizen of Germany, residing at Berlin, in Prussia, Germany, has invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy pistol. Such a toy must fulfill in first place two conditions: It must imitate, as perfectly as possible the characteristic phenomena which happen with the real fire arm and it must at the same time exclude any danger .for the playing children.

The toy pistols which are on the market at present are defective in this respect. Although they produce generally a loud detonation they do not produce however the special effective visible phenomena which accompany the firing of a real fire-arm, as the detonatingpaper strip used in such toy pistols must be made in consideration of the inflammability, in such a manner that neither flames nor vivid sparks are produced.

In the toy pistol according to this invention visible sparks and flames are produced in an absolutely dangerless manner when the trigger is being pulled. These flames and sparks are produced in a particularly effective manner at the muzzle of the pistol. According to the inventionthe toy pistol is provided preferably at the front part of the barrel, with a pyrophorous priming stone preferably consisting of an alloy of cerium which is submitted to friction when the trigger is being pulled so that at the muzzle a visible vivid sparking is produced. This production of sparks can take place also, in order to avoid any danger of ignition or of injury, behind a protecting device, which is mounted for instance on the barrel or in a lantern-shaped chamber arranged upon the barrel, or in a sleeve of narrow wire mesh, behind transparent disks of mica or the like. The effect of flames appearing at the front end of the barrel, when the pistol is being fired, is obtained also in this case and it is even increased by the protecting device orsoreens, as these devices disperse the light of the individual sparks and distribute the same. The panes could also be made, .in

orderto increase this effect, from a trans parent, opaque or coloured transparent ma terial, e. g, coloured gelatina'coloured glass or the like.

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the pistol is so intensive, that such a toy pistol could be used for frightening dogs, which are much afraid of any sudden light, so that the pistol could be used by cyclists or for similar purposes.

There is evidently no reason that the usual detonating devices should not be used with such a pistol as the spark producing device requires little space and does specially not impede the manipulation of the parts of the Fig. 2 is a section on line AB of Fig. 1

showing part of the pullrod which carries the scratcher.

Fig. 3 is a side View of the toy pistol with the casing closed.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the toy.

The casing of the toy pistol is composed in the well known manner of two parts 19 and 20 which are connected by a hinge 21 at the lower end 1 of the part which forms the handle. These parts 19 and 20 are preferably pressed from sheet metal and they are held together at the upper part by a clamp 2 of sheet metal which is revolubly connected at 22 to a projection 23 of the one part 19 of the. casing and is adapted to clasp a corresponding projection upon the other part 20 of the casing.

The trigger 3 which is constructed like a two-armed lever acts, in a manner which is also known, upon the cock 4 which consists of an angle or bell-crank lever and which, when the trigger is being pulled, oscillates around its pivot 6 in putting under tension a strong spring 5. The cock is thus lifted off thepercussionplate 7 and it is released when the trigger arm 8 has passed along the arm 9 of the angle lever 4, so that said cock can jump back under the action of the spring 5 to strike strongly against the plate 7. i

To the cock etthe pullrod 10, mounted upon the upper edge of the pistol is connected, said pull rod extending towards the front end of the barrel 11 and carrying at of a file. This pull rod is shown in Fig. 2 in plan view. It consists of a metal band which is pivoted with its rear end to the cock at and which has its front end 13 rolled up several times. The scratcher 12 is fixed to the lower surface of this thickened end 13. This construction is specially practical because this pulling device is produced in a simple manner, requires small space and can move at the side of the percussion plate 7 without considerably reducing the width of this plate.

The priming stone 14: is arranged belo the scratcher 12 and it is inserted in the Well known manner in a sleeve 15 with adjusting screw 16.

Flare windows or screens 27 are arranged in the forward end and at the muzzle of the barrel 11, said screens being formed by transparent coloured material covering corresponding holes in the casing 19, 20. The sparks produced in the device will become visible through these screens.

Other kn own devices could be used instead of the arrangements described, provided that they ensure a proper working together of the scratcher and of the priming stone. The scratcher could for example be arranged at the place of the priming stone so that the rod 10 carries the priming matter and the scratcher is fixed at the side of this rod. In this case the arrangement must be preferably that the particles scratched off the priming matter drop forward as these parts produce the sparks. In the form of construction shown by way of example this re sult is obtained by the rapid advance of the scratcher 12 under the action of the expanding spring 5.

The toy pistol shown by way of example comprises further an arrangement by means of which a strong detonation is produced when the cock 4 strikes against the plate .7. The devices used consist of a detonating strip 17 rolled up on a pin 24 and conducted over the plate 7. This strip 17 is advanced, when the trigger 3 is being pulled, for a determined distance by means of an arm 18 fixed at the end of a bell-crank lever-25 which is pivoted to the inner end of the trigger arm 8, a spring for returning the trigger with the bell-crank lever 25 in their original position being connected to this lever 25 on the one side and to part 19 of the casing on the other side. By this means a primer is brought upon the plate 7 in proper position to be struck by the cock 4. The toy pistol constructed as hereinbefore described therefore combines the detonating with the sparking at the front end of the barrel. 7

Toy pistols of any other convenient construction different from the construction which has been described by Way of example. could be improved in such a manner that when the trigger is being pulled, visible sparks are produced preferably at the muzzle. The detonating device could be eliminated, so that the spark production forms the only effect of the toy pistol, in which case the danger connected with the exposive detonating strips is avoided. The noise produced by the striking of the cock against the percussion plate will be suflicient by itself when the cock has a hammer shaped end face and when the plate is slightly elastic.

.Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention, I declare that what is claimed is:

1. An improved toy pistol with a casing, a sparking device comprising a pyrophoric element and a scratcher in said casing,,said scratcher being movably arranged in said casing, a cock pivotally arranged in said casing, a spring tending to press said cock and said movable scratcher to their limit of movement in one direction, a trigger pivotally arranged in that casing, the arrangement being such that said cock with said scratc-heir' are retracted by the turning of said trigger and automatically released for sudden return to the original position.

2. An improved toy pistol comprising .1 casing, a pyrophoric mass and a movable scratcher in said casing, a cock pivotally arranged in said casing, said cock being connected with said longitudinally displaceable scratcher, a spring pressing said cock with said scratcher in the normal position, a trigger pivotally arranged in said casing. a spring for retaining said trigger in its nor mal position, said trigger being arranged in such a manner that upon its retraction it will retract said cock with said scratcher and will suddenly release the same.

3. An improved toy pistol comprising a. casing, a pyrophoric mass and a movable scratcher in said casing, a cock member formed by a bell-crank lever pivotally arranged in said casing, the upper end of said cock being formed like a hammer, a plate arranged opposite said upper end of said cock member, said cock member being connected with said longitudinally displaceable scratcher', a spring pressing said cock with said ,scratcher in the normal position, the lower end of said cock member being shaped in such a manner that it is adapted to be engaged by the inner end of said trigger upon its retraction and to be turned thereby.

4. An improved toy pistol with a casing, a sparking device comprising a pyrophoric element and a scratcher in said casing, said soratcher being movably arranged in said casing, a cock pivotally arranged in said casing, a spring tending to press said cock and said movable scratcher to their limit of movement in one direction, a trigger pive otally arranged in that casing, the arrangement being such that said. cock with said scratcher are to be retracted by the turning of said trigger and to be automatically released for sudden return to the original position, a detonating strip arranged in said casing, means operated by said trigger for advancing said detonating strip by steps against said cock.

5. An improved toy pistol comprising a casing, a pyrophoric mass and a movable scratcher in said casing, a cock member formed by a bell-crank lever pivotally ar ranged in said casing, the upper end of said cock being formed like a hammer, a plate arranged opposite said upper end of said cock member, said cock member being connected with said longitudinally displaceable scratcher, a spring pressing said cock with said scratcher in the normal position, the lower end of said cock member being shaped in such a manner that it is adapted to be engaged by the inner end of said trigger upon its retraction and to be turned there by, a detonating strip arranged in said casing, an arm connected with said trigger within said casing for advancing said detonating strip by steps against said plate.

6. An improved toy pistol comprising a casing, a pyrophoric mass and a movable scratcher in said casing, a cock member formed by a bell-crank lever pivotally arranged in said casing, the upper end of said cock being formed like a hammer, a plate arranged opposite said upper end of said cock member, said cock member being connected with said longitudinally displaceable scratcher, a spring pressing said cock with said scratcher in the normal position, the lower end of said cock member being shaped in such a manner that it is adapted to be engaged by the inner end of said trigger upon its retraction and to be turned thereby, a detonating strip arranged in said casing, an arm connected with said trigger within said casing for advancing said detonating strip by steps against said plate, said spring for retaining said trigger being connected with said arm.

7. An improved toy pistol with a casing formed of two halves, both said halves being pivotally connected with one another and closed by a clamp, a sparking device comprising a pyrophoric element and a scratcher in said casing, said scratcher being movably arranged in said casing, a cock pivotally arranged in said casing, a spring tending to press said cock and said movable scratcher to their llmit of movement 1n one direction, a trigger pivotally arranged.

in that casing, the arrangement being such that said cock with said scratcher are to be retracted by the turning of said trigger and to be automatically released for sudden return to the original position.

8. An improved toy pistol comprising in combination a trigger, a priming stone, a scratcher designed to scratch upon this priming stone, a lever adapted to be retracted by said trigger when the latter is pressed, and means for transmitting the movement of the lever upon the scratcher so that the same scratches the priming stone and that sparks are produced, and a transparent screen, said screen being arranged adjacent the sparking point.

9. An improved toy pistol comprising in combination a trigger, a priming stone, at scratcher designed to scratch upon this priming stone, a lever adapted to be retracted by said trigger when the latter is pressed, and means for transmitting the movement of the lever upon the scratcher so that the same scratches the priming stone and that sparks are produced, and a coloured glass screen adjacent the sparking point.

10. An improved toy pistol comprising in combination a trigger, a priming stone, a scratcher designed to scratch upon this primingstone, a lever adapted to be retracted by said trigger when the latter is pressed, and means for transmitting the movement of the lever upon the scratcher so that the same scratches the priming stone and that sparks are produced and a mica disk screen adjacent the sparking point.

11. A toy comprising a casing in the form of a pistol, a sparking device in the barrel of said pistol casing, a barrel opening in said casing, and transparent material covering said opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subcribing witnesses.

lVlrs. JOE-HANNA KELLERIVIANN, ne SCHMUL,

Conservatrta: of Jacques Kellermmm.

Witnesses FELIX HEINEMANN, WALTER SCHILL. 

